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Osamu Nagasaki
For Osamu Nagasaki's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Dec 11, 2001
Nikkei set to test 11,500
Share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange have begun rebounding since the key Nikkei average confirmed its second bottom at 10,030 on Nov. 12 following its fall to 9,504 on Sept. 17.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Oct 30, 2001
Nikkei strong, looking stronger
Now that selling pressure has visibly eased, Tokyo share prices have firmed back to levels before the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Sep 11, 2001
Market rebound likely after end of month
The Tokyo stock market is seeking its downside, with the 225-issue Nikkei average plunging close to 10,000 amid concern over global economic and corporate earnings prospects.
BUSINESS / TAKING STOCK
Aug 7, 2001
TSE slump yields to bulls
The Tokyo stock market appears poised to test its upside, counting on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's economic policies.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2001
More range-bound fluctuations expected
The Tokyo stock market appears likely to remain on a roller coaster ride for some time, keeping the benchmark 225-issue Nikkei average seesawing between 13,500 and 14,500.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2001
Markets strike positive note
Financial markets have reacted positively to surprise interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2001
Tokyo bourse may have reached bottom
After peaking out last April, Tokyo stocks have fallen past one major threshold after another and are now languishing at the lowest level since late 1998.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2001
Tokyo bourse may have reached bottom
After peaking out last April, Tokyo stocks have fallen past one major threshold after another and are now languishing at the lowest level since late 1998.
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2000
Rising path seen ahead for growth stocks
The Tokyo stock market appears to have hit a recent bottom on Nov. 22 when the key 225-issue Nikkei average dropped to 14,301.31, its lowest closing reading since March 4, 1999.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2000
Market to clear low hurdles, creep upward
The Tokyo stock market has rebounded strongly after confirming its bottom on Aug. 4, when the 225-issue Nikkei average hit 15,666.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2000
TSE set for rally after bottoming out twice
The Tokyo stock market appears poised to stage a rebound after confirming a double bottom.
BUSINESS
May 16, 2000
Correction cloud has bargain silver lining
Major factors driving the corrections last month on the Tokyo stock market were steep reactionary price falls in the information technology sector and foreign investors' sales following tumbles in New York stock prices.
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2000
Stock market on hold until weather clears
The Tokyo stock market has entered a consolidation phase since the key Nikkei average climbed past the 20,000 level early this month.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2000
Volatile Tokyo market reflects U.S. trends
Stock trading in Tokyo is expected to show a strong undertone for the time being, with the key Nikkei stock average testing 20,000.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
Philippines wants U.S. and Japan to take over rail deal eyed by China
Delfin Lorenzana
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
At least one dead, seven missing after two MSDF helicopters crash off Izu Islands
Contact was lost with the two SH-60K helicopters, each carrying four crew, in an area east of Torishima in the Izu Island chain during anti-submarine warfare training Saturday night.
Tokyo Rainbow Pride lights up capital as organizers celebrate 30 years
Rainbow flags were flown through the capital's busy Shibuya and Harajuku areas for Tokyo Rainbow Pride events this weekend as organizers hailed 30 years of one of Asia's largest LGBTQ celebrations.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

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